Strong's #4970: mathay (pronounced maw-thah'ee)

from an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative):--long, when.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

mâthay

1) when?

1a) with preposition

1a1) against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?

Part of Speech: interrogative adverb

Relation: from an unused root meaning to extend

Usage:

This word is used 40 times:

 

Genesis 30:30: "hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?"
Exodus 8:9: "unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy"
Exodus 10:3: "the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before"
Exodus 10:7: "servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare"
Numbers 14:27: " How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against"
1 Samuel 1:14: "said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine"
1 Kings 18:21: "all the people, and said, How long halt ye between"
Nehemiah 2:6: "also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?"
Nehemiah 2:6: "how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king"
Job 7:4: "When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full"
Psalms 6:3: "vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?"
Psalms 41:5: "Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?"
Psalms 42:2: "for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?"
Psalms 74:10: "O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name"
Psalms 80:4: "O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?"
Psalms 82:2: " How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah."
Psalms 90:13: "Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants."
Psalms 94:3: "LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?"
Psalms 94:3: "LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?"
Psalms 94:8: "ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?"
Psalms 101:2: "I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within"
Psalms 119:82: "fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort"
Psalms 119:84: "How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute"
Proverbs 1:22: " How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning,"
Proverbs 6:9: " How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?"
Proverbs 6:9: "How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?"
Proverbs 23:35: "they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again."
Isaiah 6:11: "Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities"
Jeremiah 4:14: "from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts"
Jeremiah 4:21: " How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?"
Jeremiah 12:4: " How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither,"
Jeremiah 23:26: " How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets"
Jeremiah 31:22: " How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created"
Jeremiah 47:5: "is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?"
Daniel 8:13: "said unto that certain saint which spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression"
Daniel 12:6: "was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?"
Hosea 8:5: "hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?"
Amos 8:5: "Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth"
Habakkuk 2:6: "Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!"
Zechariah 1:12: "and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on"